5 Hungriest States in the US

3. Mississippi

Food insecurity prevalence: 15.3%

Coming third, Mississippi is the third hungriest state in the US, with a food insecurity prevalence rate of 15.3%. In other words, over 453,000 people in the US state of Mississippi are food insecure. It has some of the most versatile and arable farmland in the whole country, but owing to the poverty, rural geography, and complex issues related to food distribution, hunger is still a major issue in the state. According to Feeding America, 1 in 6 people in Mississippi face hunger.